MOTHER AND MY TWO BROTHERS LIVED ABOUT 6 MILES OUT IN THE COUNTRY WITH MY STEPFATHER AND BABY HALF SISTER. THE HOUE WAS A BIG OLD HOUSE THAT HAD BEEN MOVED THERE FROM ONE OF THE "MINE SITES". IN THE OLDEN DAYS WHEN THE MINES WERE JUST STARTING THE COMPANY PROVIDED HOUSES OR THE EMPLOYEES. I THINK THEY ALSO HAD A STORE WHERE THE MINERS WERE SUPPOSE TO BUY WHAT THEY NEEDED. THE SONG ,"SIXTEEN TONS" KINDA REMINDS ME OF THE STORIES I HAVE BEEN TOLD. ANYHOW, IT WAS A NICE HOUSE. THREE BEDROOMS UPSTAIRS, A LARGE DINING ROOM AND GOOD SIZED LIVING ROOM. NICE KITCHEN WITH ENOUGH SPACE FOR A TABLE AND CHAIRS. OVER THE YEARS SF ADDED A NICE SCREENED IN PORCH AND A A BIG LAUNDRY ROOM AND HALF BATH ON THE BACK. HE WAS GOOD AT BUILDING THINGS. HE MADE A UTE WISHING WELL FOR THE FRONT YARD---AND HE AND MOTHER AWAYS HAD A FANTATIC GARDEN AND LOTS OF FLOWERS.THEY DIDN'T HAVE A PHONE FOR A LONG TIME , AND WHEN THEY DID IT WAS ONE YOU CRANKED TO GET THE OPERATOR, AN EVERYONE ON THE PARTY LINE HAD A DIFFERENT NUMBER OF RINGS.
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Kind of like the oil fields out around here many years ago. They had houses for the families of the oilfield workers but I don't think they were that nice and just one story.
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